Professor Jim Al-Khalili tackles the biggest subjects of all: how did the universe begin and how will it end?
In episode one, Jim takes us back in time to reveal the origins of the universe – a cosmic detective story that is regarded as humankind's greatest intellectual achievement.
By recreating key experiments, Jim unravels the cosmic mystery of science's creation story before witnessing a moment one millionth of a second after the universe sprang into existence.
In episode two, Jim carries us into the distant future to try to discover how the universe will end - with a bang or a whimper? He reveals a universe far stranger than anyone imagined and, at the frontier of our understanding, encounters a mysterious and enigmatic force that promises to change physics forever...
| CHANNEL |
BBC Earth (DStv 184) |
| PREMIERE |
23 October 2017 |
| TIMESLOT |
Mondays, 21h30 |
| REPEATS |
Tuesdays, 02h55 / 10h20 / 15h30
Saturdays, 13h10
Sundays, 02h25 / 23h00 |